Milestone NE of Abergarwed on B4242 is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 2003. Milestone.

Milestone NE of Abergarwed on B4242

WRENN ID
stubborn-chalk-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 December 2003
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone NE of Abergarwed on B4242, Resolven
OS grid reference
SN 820 027
Coordinates
51.71105, -3.70817
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This milestone is located northeast of Abergarwed on the B4242. It has a triangular section on a rectangular base and is built into a wall at road level. The stone is white painted and features worn carved lettering in black. The right side indicates 'VI Miles to Neath' and the left side reads 'VI Miles to Pont v.n.' for Pontneddfechan. There is a benchmark below, along with further worn lettering beneath that.

Local climate

Milestone NE of Abergarwed on B4242 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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